Sunday, December 25, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Photo Contest "IN SEARCH FOR INCREDIBLE"
got shortlisted just recently with a photo/storytelling contest in the Netherlands. He is among the 10 finalists from Holland. Now its a voting phase, to move on to the final stage. Help is deeply appreciated, simple stuff.
Over the link, find a few thumbnails below.
http://www.insearchofincre
His will be the "Al-Maghrib, Morocco", with a cover photo of usually some Arab typography, or a motorcycle/tapestries.
Simply click "STEM NU" (vote, in dutch) , type name & email (no third parties will be sent), and "VERSTUREN" (send, in dutch).
Friday, October 7, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Pegasus
Pegasus is one of the best known fantastical creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine horse, usually white in color. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. He was the brother of Chrysaor, born at a single birthing when his mother was decapitated by Perseus.
Greco-Roman poets write about his ascent to heaven after his birth and his obeisance to Zeus, king of the gods, who instructed him to bring lightning and thunder from Olympus. Friend of the Muses, Pegasus is the creator of Hippocrene, the fountain on Mt. Helicon. He was captured by the Greek hero Bellerophon near the fountain Peirene with the help of Athena and Poseidon.
Pegasus allows the hero to ride him to defeat a monster, the Chimera, before realizing many other exploits. His rider, however, falls off his back trying to reach Mount Olympus. Zeus transformed him into the constellation Pegasus and placed him in the sky. There are theories that ascribe the origin of Pegasus to Pihassassa, the ancient god of thunderstorms in Hittite mythology. Hypotheses have been proposed regarding its relationship with the Muses, the gods Athena, Poseidon, Zeus, Apollo, and the hero Perseus.
The symbolism of Pegasus varies with time. Symbol of wisdom and especially of fame from the Middle Ages until the Renaissance, he became one symbol of the poetry and the creator of sources in which the poets come to draw inspiration, particularly in the 19th century. Pegasus is the subject of a very rich iconography, especially through the ancient Greek pottery and paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance. Personification of the water, solar myth, or shaman mount, Carl Jung and his followers have seen in Pegasus a profound symbolic esoteric in relation to the spiritual energy that allows to access to the realm of the gods on Mount Olympus.
In the 20th and 21st century, he appeared in movies, in fantasy, in video games and in role play, where by extension, the term Pegasus is often used to refer to any winged horse.
Source: Wikipedia
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
How good a hug is!!
It's wondrous what a hug can do.
A hug can cheer you when you're blue.
A hug can say, "I love You so"
Or maybe, "I hate to see you go."
A hug is "Welcome back again,"
And "Great to see you! Where've you been?"
A hug can soothe a small child's pain,
And bring a rainbow after rain.
The hug, there's just no doubt about it
We scarcely could survive without it!
A hug delights and warms and charms,
It must be why God Gave us arms.
Hugs are great for fathers and mothers,
Sweet for sisters, swell for brothers;
And chances are your favorite aunts
Love them more than potted plants.
Kittens crave them, puppies love them;
Heads of states are not above them.
A hug can break the language barrier,
And make travel so much merrier.
No need to fret about your store of 'em;
The more you give, the more there is of em.
So stretch those arms without delay
And give someone a hug today!!!!
A No Reason Hug !
Hugs are very special things
Everyone knows it's true
There simply is no better way
To say, "I care about you !"
Between two friends it brings a smile
Or cheers a heart that's sad
It turns anger into laughter
And makes you both feel glad !
So today this greeting comes along
With a hug meant just for you
But there is no special reason;
I simply wanted to!
A hug can cheer you when you're blue.
A hug can say, "I love You so"
Or maybe, "I hate to see you go."
A hug is "Welcome back again,"
And "Great to see you! Where've you been?"
A hug can soothe a small child's pain,
And bring a rainbow after rain.
The hug, there's just no doubt about it
We scarcely could survive without it!
A hug delights and warms and charms,
It must be why God Gave us arms.
Hugs are great for fathers and mothers,
Sweet for sisters, swell for brothers;
And chances are your favorite aunts
Love them more than potted plants.
Kittens crave them, puppies love them;
Heads of states are not above them.
A hug can break the language barrier,
And make travel so much merrier.
No need to fret about your store of 'em;
The more you give, the more there is of em.
So stretch those arms without delay
And give someone a hug today!!!!
A No Reason Hug !
Hugs are very special things
Everyone knows it's true
There simply is no better way
To say, "I care about you !"
Between two friends it brings a smile
Or cheers a heart that's sad
It turns anger into laughter
And makes you both feel glad !
So today this greeting comes along
With a hug meant just for you
But there is no special reason;
I simply wanted to!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Street Art by Alexandre Farto aka Vhils
The 24 years old portuguese graffiti artist Alexandre Farto (Vhils) started with a traditional graffiti “bombing” and later he passed on to the street art and has been doing this for the past 3 years. The whole world is considered to be his home town and the point of inspiration. The old town of Lisbon and his room are his most favorite places, where Alexandre loves to work or see the art of the others. At nights he explores the process of burning, and if got some more time he would finish one trick, visit some train watching spots and sleep for a long time…
Vhils oversteped the limits of graffiti. So now when going to a future work-of-art place he‘s taking not only spray bottles of paints, but also a perforator, a hammer and some scratchers. After spraying the drawing he “deepens” it taking off the plaster and paper in some spots. That‘s why his stunning works-of-art are considered to be the 2-D sculptures. His art is poetic, complicated, usually concentrated to essential things which we have abandoned for our short-time wishes. In some way they are saying that it is possible to come back and feel happiness again...
Vhils is creating on walls, wood, metal, paper, billboards, prints and art instalations...
Visit his site at: http://alexandrefarto.com/
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer, born in Delft in 1632 and buried in the same city on 1675, was one of the great Dutch masters of painting, though only about 30 paintings by him are known. He specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of middle class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He seems never to have been particularly wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings. Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, using bright colours and sometimes expensive pigments, with a preference for cornflower blue and yellow. He is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work.
Source: Wikipedia
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